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Tribler and Bitlet offer two takes on torrent-powered video streaming

There's no standalone download required to use Bitlet, all you need is a browser with the Java plugin installed. As with any other torrent, your playback experience has a lot to do with the participation of your peers. Well-seeded videos buffer quickly and play smoothly while others may sputter and stall. Bitlet has a few example videos for you to try out including the Diablo 3 trailer and Mr. Cropperfield, a delightful animated short.
Right now, Bitlet can only play videos in the OGG format. To try it out with your own clips follow the instructions posted at the bottom of the page on how to convert your video and get it uploaded to a tracker.


With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
